Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy


The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is a department of the government of the United Kingdom, which was created by Theresa May on 14 July 2016 following her appointment as Prime Minister, through a merger between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department of Energy and Climate Change.
BEIS brought together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, and science and innovation with energy and climate change policy, merging the functions of the former BIS and DECC.

Ministers

The Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are as follows:
MinisterRankPortfolio
The Rt Hon. Alok Sharma MPSecretary of StateOverall responsibility for the department; developing and delivering a comprehensive industrial strategy and leading the government's relationship with business; ensuring that the country has secure energy supplies that are reliable, affordable and clean; ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation; tackling climate change.
The Rt Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MPMinister of State for Business, Energy and Clean GrowthCarbon budgets; green finance; energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty; low carbon generation; energy retail markets; oil and gas, including shale gas; security of supply; electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks; international energy; EU energy and climate; energy security, including resilience and emergency planning.
The Rt Hon. The Lord Grimstone of BoscobelMinister of State for Investment
covering departmental business in the House of Lords; developing a new investment strategy; promoting investment across all sectors; business investor relations; leading on the strategic relationship management programme cross-Whitehall, including account management of large UK investors; global marketing to attract investment; increasing foreign direct investment and portfolio investment into the UK; promoting and supporting outward direct investment ; Official Development Assistance.
Amanda Solloway MPParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Research and InnovationScience and research; innovation; intellectual property; space; agri-tech; technology.
Paul Scully MPParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour MarketsSmall business and enterprise ; consumer and competition ; labour markets; postal affairs; retail sector.
Nadhim Zahawi MPParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and IndustryIndustrial Strategy delivery; Sector Deals; sectoral lead: advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, materials, life sciences, professional services, nuclear, infrastructure and construction, rail supply chain, defence, maritime; supply chains; national security and investment; local growth; better regulation and regulatory reform.
The Rt Hon. The Lord CallananParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate Change & Corporate ResponsibilityEU single market on-going business; EU Structural Funds; Land Registry; Ordnance Survey; international climate change ; climate science and innovation; clean heat; smart meters and smart systems; corporate governance; insolvency.

In October 2016, Archie Norman was appointed as Lead Non Executive Board Member for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Responsibilities

The department is responsible for government policy in the following areas:
Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution, while others are not devolved and therefore apply to other nations of the United Kingdom.

Devolution

Some economic policies are devolved but many aspects of several important policy areas are reserved to Westminster. Reserved and excepted matters are outlined below.
Scotland
Reserved matters:
The Economy Directorate of the Scottish Government handles devolved economic policy.
Northern Ireland
Reserved matters:
Excepted matter:
The department's main counterpart is: